Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1876 — Page 4

- THE-1NB1ANA STATE-SENTINEL -WEDNESDAY-SEPTEMBER 20r1876

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WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 20.

The Campaign. Tbe Centennial campaign has been In progress several week, and la rapidly drawing to lta close. In many regards It 1 the most Important In the history of the government. Party lines are being drawn with a vividness scarcely known in po litical contest. But there Ism the struggle notr going forward, something Infl- , nltely bore mere party supremacy, as understood In the earlier days ' Ot I DO ivwpuuno. iuv " r ', cia party has had control of tbe government for 15 years, long enough : to demonstrate its capabilities and Its pur. poses. The people are now called upon to pas judgment upon l's policy aud achievements, its follies and Its crimes. It was profuse In Its pledges all have been broken. Nothing could exceed the mccljery ol its sincerity In its profession of devo'tioiyto the well being of the people, and events have proved beyond cavil, that the purpose wa3 to deceive. The Republican party la to-day conspicuous for lvlng, for thievery, for frauds unparalleled, for Korruption unmeasured and for schemes to rob citizens of their rights by the employment ol military force, weil calculated to arouse leelings of bitter hostility and tr accomplish the destruction of the peac and prosperity ol the entire country. The orgins and the orators of the corrupt and venal Rtdical par iy make no efforts ' to explain away the multitude of crimes that have been fastened upon it. They wear the brand of thievery with as much complacency as it it were a diadetn,and with un effrontery that shoald make the devil blush, ask the people to retain the guilty party in power. Par ten year tne Radical party has pat forth its energies to throttle progress and bankrup the people. To accomplish this infamous work, onicas of trie highest trust and interests of the mot vital importing bava been confided to notorious scoundrels, who have been retained in power long after their crime were made public, and the peop'e, with- unl:ed voice had uttored their condemnations. It baa been the policy of the organs and oratars of the Radical prty, as official stealings were exposed and piled up until, like a mountain range, fruda rose above frauds with elevations of scoundiellsaa R9 cotspicuous as Pike' -Peak or Caimbor.zo, to divert attention from the importance of ieiorm, by apprals to the passions of tue people, to secure a re vlval of the animosities incident to war, to obliterate all evidences ol peace, and fraternal feeling, and to create everywhere In the broad land, discord, strife and blood. By such appf als the or gans and orators hope sgain to mislead the masses, but the peop'.e demand peace, they desire a revival of business, and the? have long since determined upon an honest administration of the govtrnmeof. Thousands of Republicans are satisfied, notwlthstand ing the declarations of the mendacious tramps who outrage truth and falsi'y cur rant history, and wr-o ar9 encouraged and applauded by a venal and debauched presp, tht the country has beo robbed of million, and that the men who are directlv guilty and those who apologizj for their crimes ought not to be entrusted with the work of re'orm. In a few days B. II. Br! a tow is to speak in defense of this party in Indian apolis. He will, while he bears about upon bis political person, the black and blue spots as evidence of the official kicks bestowed by his matter, the presldenf, plead for a continuation of a party In power whose appointees from 1869 to June 19, 1876, according to his own re port, rubbed the eovernment ot f 5 500,' 655.93, and this amount, be it remembered. iW3 UV 1UUIUUU U7 UillllVUO B.UIOU LS Jr AAfl irvf tnnlnrlA Vt A afk llMnna K. corrupt officials, who combined with the whisky rings a id smugglers to defraud the government, and who succeeded at the lowest estimate In securing $30 000.000 of the people's money. Soch facts as thes? are doing the good work of giving to the centennial campaign a loftier significance than mareptr y triumph nr defeat; and it la the determ 'nation of R publicans who are superior to the aeala of such demagogues as Morton and Harrison to cant their votes for Tilden and Hendricks. But the Agares we have given above represent but a fraction of the financial wrongs inflicted by Radical officials. The facts drawn from official son ret?, and that can not be refuted, develop an amount of squandering calculated to startle the most stolid voter in the eountry, and only those - whose obtuseoets is the result ot malini y, fail to com prebend V he infamy of the reaord. This record showa that from 1789 to 1860 the ex pendlturea of the ' United States government for the army and navy, for Indians, and for miscellaneous purposes, exclusive of interest oo the publia debt and pensions, were as follows: - Army. l?4t,9lS,8rr2 317. oSII 6-t 4,fMH,W3.18 xeavy. Indiana. Miscella oeooa . Total . fl,4 i2i,7S5.i, From 1867 o '75, too expenditures lor the same liema were as follows: Arm, "avy.. 69,1 0,370. 21-t, 05,801 tS 66.7 4. M Indian. Hiscellateoua. ...U 7,414 i Total. ... I199,8üH.48.j7 Thus it is teen Jr-g under Grant' Ri publican role there was expended ia doe yesrj nearly as much m uey as it cost to auUaia the government for the seventy one yean' from 1789 to 18CO," during which period he ouutry coi-dacted "wars flacccasfully with Tripoli, EuglarV, Mexi

co, and inaoy tribes of Indian", besldeB

the purchase money paid for Louisiana : Florida and California. Such statements, irrefragable as they are, ought to over whelm a venal press and the debauched leaders of the Radical prty with coniaston. But here is still another state ment comparing the expenditures ot the Unit! States government for the fiscal years ending June 30 1861 and June 30. 187 respectively exclusive of expenditures resetting from, and afl acted by the late rebellion, as drawn from the United States treasury report for 1875:

Expenditures, (increase. Aproprlatlen. 18ti0-:. 1874-'. 5 'o'er "61 Civil..... 6 C7I.0I1 11746 9 1,27-2.8X9 K'gn Iutercoure 1,H7,78 8,11, -37 7,-7.451 Miscllanewtaa..... - ao,5:to 6t SVA'" IudUn B&M&itfj A,ii,527 Total - ret,i .a eS2'r9,456 6' 53.341,175

Here we have an increase of 53 341527 Under such showings it is not surprising that business has been struck oown, cr that with all of the abounding resources of the country thousands are out of employment and that tne gloom of distress bangs over the entire country. The people are asking for bread. Morton responds hy waving the bloody snirt The people ask for peace, prosperity, fraternity and good will, Ktlpatrick asks for money to carry the election for a party that has made the country a pandemonium, and disgraced it by unparalleled villainies. Proscription. Ridlcal journals are never so happy as when they charge upon the Southern people the crime ol prescription. To them it 1 evidence ot disloyalty of hatred to the Northern pwple of the existence of ?. purpose to renew the war. Would it cot be well to first pluck the beam out of their own eye before tbey look for motes in the eyes of others. Now what does tbischarge amount to? In Mississippi, which state stems to give Radical Journals much uneasiness, and over wbesa fate they are cots antly weeping their crocodile tears ot sorrow, our neighbors in Illinois are formir-g settlements and tbey are delighted with tte people, the soil and the climate. No complaints are made about proscription, social ostracism or want ot hospital ity. Whj ? Because they go there to become owners of property, to become citizens ol the state to become a part ot the people. They vote as tbey please, unawed by power and unmolested by violence. Having an Interest in the welfare of the S:ate, tbey generally vote tcrtbe party which represents the intelligence and honesty ot the masses. It is needless to say. then.they don't vote the Republican ticke . Another class of persons, attracted by the plunder to be gathered by official thievery have emigrated to the Southern States, and through manipulation ot the Ignorant freedmen. have gained place and p-.wtr only to oppress, rob and malign t'ie people tbey misgovern. They hope ty coa-g-lrg disloyalty on the native populi ion to divert attention lrom their own iLLa-y. To this olaes belong such men as th6 Sanator (so-called) from Alabama, Spencer; the Ex-Qovernor Bullock, of GeorgU; Warmotb, of L uisian; Ames, of Mississippi; the infamous Moses (a nativ ), ot South Carolina, and a host of otheis whose want of prominence alone saves them from a a national fame of infamous degree. Theee men are prescribed; tbey are socially ostracised, not because they are Republicans, but because tbey have prostituted every position they have held to the oppression of the people and the aggrandizement of their own fortunes, because they are political fcarp'.es fatten ing on the spoils wrung from an impov erisbed people, because they are the buszar Js ot a lobby fcedirg on the putrid carcass ot a talee and slanderous accusa tion. Any community In Cbristendom would proscribe . them, . ostracise, them, hate them. Here, in Indians, no place could be made tor them. The pe pie would not tolerate them under any pretense Yet they are held up by Radical journals as martyrs to Southern barbarism. But a few days since the Journal, to throw sjme discredit on our county clerk, asserted that he had employed a rebel, a real live rebel. Wnat state is in rebellion now? Who are rebels now? Do?s the Journal t orget that the Gueril a bfoeby, who was a rebel, is a bosom friend of Grant? That be has had appointed his ex-comrades to office? Djos he forget that Long street was a rebel general and has held office for years under Grant? Can not the Journal call to mind other cases of like degree? Boll this charge down and we come to this sklmmine. To em braoe the doctrines of the Republican party, purifies one and absolves him lrom all alas of the past. Bow down to tne powers that be, worship the authority that bestows honors, and yea can put your hands in the public crib and there shall no harm happen to you. Look at the whisky thieves a cabinet officer driven from his position because ot hi prosecution ot the thieves. The thieves living in luxury, uomloaily prisoners, and buying with tte naony ttey have robbed from the government the luxuries of every clime. The per pie of Indiana are cnflJent that the Democratic party- will proscribe these thieves tbeee thlevts and disturbers of fraternal feeling, upon whose vices the Republican party thrives and lives and has its being Practically, then, the R publican party Drocribes the pe pie who proscribe their tnieves. robb-rs aud oppressors, and th Ddiuoeratic prty proscribes the thieves, robb 'T and oppressors ot the peo ple, no mas er where tuey live. We want boneat government, potperity will follow its administration, and Ihe dawn ol a better

era of feeling will hall its advent. We are

glad to know that the voters of Indiana are array irg themselves on the side of law, liberty, Iraternity. Up and at theee oppressors and robbers, is tbelr motto. To teach them that this government and this country belong to no party, but to the peop'e, and let them know that the people yet rale. Is their ranl rurprse. The Journal Rampant. The Journal affects a pious indignation because the Sentinel, as it avers, is trying to make political capital out ot the recent attempt by a negro to outrage a young lady at Irvington. The R pHblican party Jalms a monopoly of the "outrage" business, and its pet organ loudly resents any intrlngement on its patent. It is all right to distort any crime in the South to give it ' a political atpecr, but it is all wrong to ascribe an outrage here to the banelul it fluence of political rascality. The city and county may be crowded with imported negro re p-aters, necessarily the most base and Ignorant of their race, until it ia ULsafe Jor women and girls to walk our high ways in broad daylight, and we are not to open our mouths in condemnation ot the wrong. It claims that the Rer. (?) James was only an impious tramp who voluntarily asdered from an adjoining county into this colored political paradise. It this were bo, does the fact not remain that such crimes are to be expecied from the ca.tle of like kind wh are coming here in hundreds to outrage the ballot box in October? Every colored man who has resided here long enough to gratify the statute has' a right to vote once, and the Seutinel has not one word to say against his nnrestricted exercise of the privilege, but it most emphatically objects to its illegal multiplication, and it will continue to denounce its unlawful assumption. We do not claim that our colored people are to be judged by the example of this villainous brute. There are no doubt many peaceful, lawabiding, industrious citizms among them who keenly reeeut such an outrage as a disgrace to their color, but we have no hesitation in saying that such crimed are in a large majority of c&ssb p 'petrated by tho lowest tpeclmets ot the raca, aad by Just sjcb tramps as are base enough to violate tee r gbt of franchise. As a rule, tney are mere animals with little mind and le&a merals. But the outrage apologist over the way, with a wordy s jow ot wisdom which is truly impressive, reminds us thai ''crime has no color and vice no nationality." In a general Bense this is true, but ia its particular application it is fals . Crimes are undoubtedly committed by men of every color, but the crime in qu s.ijn was unquestionably intensified hy the color ot the criminal. Rp9 It tte same cffjnse ander the Statut, no ma'ter who peipetrates it, but the mora! seno of the community is four fold ui -ie shocked when what is believed to be tie 1-tw of i a'ure la violated, as eil ss tho law ot God and of the T- tte victim, surely, it is "horror upon horror multiplied." This may be denounced as a prej ad ice, but it is a tact which can not be eeriously controverted, notwithstanding our neighbor's pUtPude. Proof ia tue llayro ISutluess. The Cnicsg'j Tine publishes on raies of its mammoth issue a full complete exhibition of the whole two aad case rfgalnt Hyes lor bis false tax returns', and thus summarizes the matter editorially: An Intelligent, succinct and certified account of the who'e case for a id agalLst Gov. Hsyts in the maiter ol his taxes is presented ibis morning. That there may be no ground lor the charge of su ppressiou ot extenuating tacts or dishonest garbling, tr e utterly Idcoom quent ffl lavii- ot O jv Hayes's 11 i-advisd irlends are made part ot the exb'btt. We mean to be thorongblv fair with Gov. Hayes. He Buys that be nag never willfully evaded the honest rendering ot his tax liabilities, and, ia con tirtnaiion thereof, present in proot tbe affidavits ot man wno notoriously had no knowledge ot the tnings to which they so glibly ct-ruflwd. Toe tac s to be crtiüäd must be known. 'Iba' tbey were not koown It s ho wo in the tabulated statement presented this morning, wuicn acc junta tor every penny that waa lefi to Hyes by his uncle. An examination ot tne txaaastive coile ctioQ ot tacts shrws'what tne UstiDgs were upon wbicn BircQard paid tuxes; ino valuation ot that personalty a year later, whan Hayes came into p ssestdon of it, and tbe amazing evasions, commissions or falsification tuat brouubt euch totally con 'ra.lictory results. First there is presented tbe will of Blrcoard, with every penny and penuj's worth that can be traced by documentary evidence in Fremont and Sandusky county. With these are shown the separate articles which birchard put-hls own estimate on for taxation, covn to the smallest article. Toei 'ollow tbe returns of Hayes. In figure tbe case stards thu: Ae nal tsxtbles aa Total list as sworn to by Ulrchrd: for 874. by oov. Hayes: in 1874. Total va ae personal propmyf?,581 IN 1S75. To al value peraoaal piod-i iySS,120 19 170. "eqoMit money ...133,700 Moueya on aeI dt . 9,00 Painting- . S,Stn Dlauiou ia 4.9m Watckej. ....!. 3iti Hore m C arris go iinu, Total v ine per sonal property -$5,710 D flctencv,t74- 54,619 Defl leuC ,ti7.N 40.P83 Ueflcie ey,i87. 4 ,'J averaged nclenci, thrte ytar 45,429 99 Total for 874 57.2U0, R'Qtlev-U 13UK Pouting- ,, ... ,0 0 Dlitmoauii .... 1,2 0 Mong ges...... , to Total, 187l...447ii v rOK 170. Peqnes' a- f 33.70" Pauitli g... I il.rao da Mor g .... 3,00 1,31 8, M wa cius. Piano. fro Total. 47,0 . Tnee ar oot ksiumel figires, as the tratimony ahowa Toey ar all oo racord, aud can bs taken Into a cur of law, li G -v. Hayes sees fit io have tbe quotum te-iiod, t-ither in s jit tor llnsi or a c-vl' 'Ction.- Tne sffijvtta o' G v. Hae' treid4 do notciver aovtbitg like ho main charges. For example, his luort-

gsg'B make no ahow whatever, "while tbe txamlnatlon or the . asets of the eUta re vea! a sncg fortune in these convenient Investments.

Mortgages in Haves' Credits In Gov. Hayes' poaseslon upon which pnH8aHloa as Bworn noretoro n made: HAT'S' MORTGAGES OT BETUR5ED In 1874 . .000 0 bv Mm: MONEYS IN POSSSKS 8IOÄ OK ON DEPOSIT. In 'Hl 100 In 6,S4" 39 I a 187Ü.... In lUS. 6.40 .'fc'In 187.. , 308 80 irichahds'iiortgagV;val.'of all credits. -NOTR TUEN B P. In KUNnD In 1874..... . ,4,S1 Stella lWi...M..None In 1X7...... 4,2 0 441 In lg7S... -None In 878 . JJbO ouj Everv penny of these mortgage is accounted lor in tbe statement presented in another column. It is a clear, bes'nees like narra'ive, with no leeway ot speculation whatever. Tbe day, state, name and amount are given tor everything, and tbe conclusion ot any realer, prejudiced or cot, is that Gov, Hayes mut mase a more abundant explanation before th'.s terrific accumulation of guilty looking lio i can be accepted as atything less than persistant pei Jury. Ben. Bailer. It will be seen lrom a correspondence below that Indiana Radicals appreciateand take to thn'r bosoms, the despoiler of pantries in New Orleans. We suggested the ctäer day that Butler might bo called bre to com pie-to tne list of disreputable pfakers, and sure enough, Fried ley has called to him for help: Indianapolis, nd., Sept. 7, 1876. Hon. Benjamin K. Butler, b g on, Mans: Mr Dear aim I am in receipt o. j oar letter of tbe 4 h lua ., ana tor which I am greatly obliged. U e do hope affairs In yonr district may assume fcucb snape as wüf allow yon a least one week lu Indiana. 1 ai-sor yuu that In the opinion of oarlrtendH no mn mibe nation can do as mach good a you nan, and that ymr services are Very much desired by our people. Will you have the goodness, in the event you can come to Indiana, to In tot m meat wh .t time you will be he e, a d how ion you can remaiD.so that we cn lve as extenive notlcers as practicable of your appointments. We ti an a. you lor your very kind offer to aidus lu our canvass, aud can assuieyou g xxl meeting, for our people aredeeuruoa ol nearlng you. Very tru'y yours, U. W. Feiedliy Chairman Rep. Slate Cn. O uimlttee. EosTO. Mass . 8 pt. 11, 1876. Mr Fear Sir I am very horry mat affairs In my d strict Jo not yd asum such tthape at wl I alio me to spei d a we-it lu lodtiba. I amcbPged to be at a meeting of the board of mauajrisof the N tl tal Home for Uioablfd soiaJers at Milwaukee and Dayton on ihe 2ith of September, a puoile duty which I cau not avoid. Nw, as one of the leading Republican newspapers of Bof.ion tld yisteiday in au editorial that It was the dut of all Uepubilcans to prevnt my election. If posfelolfc, I uppjee tuat menu k . those itepunl c ns wh think tbeme ves "better" bau their nelgbb rsare golug l . txit tbe nomination, which the artlci aUmtta Is a for goue couc u-lon, that Is If they take that newspaper' advice. If nominated, 1 must simply siay al boms and see to it that atieaMt theiebaJi be alt pub lean vote Instead of a Democratic on-tu this dUtrlct.lhe Democrat being lr. faib.x, woo was e ecitd by the "bd.ter class ot Hopublicans," as tuey stle tbemelve&, thus giving the vote of Massachusetts lu Lhe iloue to the Democrats or those elected in opposition to the regular Republican ticket. 1 d not mean that it shall be done aaiu In tuts district if l can heiplt; aud while I express my obligation tor your nattering oi lxiiou of thegord I might do In ludi ma, I tnin'-t 1 can serve tbe cause "f true Kepublicaul m bottei by staying a home and -omeiiiig in tnla district with those Kepub'lcat S'Wht-, it tbey bad had their way laxt year, would have nomina ed charles Kiancli Aüama lor gveuo.-, and whom many of item arexpectrd to vote tor htm this year.altLough th- candidate of the Tammany lemociay. I am, yours truiy. Benjamin F uttlkr. üeorge W. Friedley, tq Chairman KepubllC:fj State Ceutral ccuioilitee, lnalanapoiH, I idiana. The Oatlieoa. The b'cody shirt busints is not D?ying ba:iftccry dividends so far duricg the campaign. Toe Democratic party is receiving recruits daily from the Republican racks. The "ourg men ot the country are cot dipesad to. endorse tbe efficiel sooundieiism that has btea proved agaiost tbe managers of tbe party in power. Tne Democratic voto ia increasing every where, and the Ilepubiirai vote i decreaslrjg. "With these facts I e 'ore us," eays the Albany Argus, "let na call the roll. L?t us tea bow the 6ta'es will vote, giving tbe Republicans all tbey can cairn oa this showing, and tbe D-mocra's all tbey will gain by continuing the gtics hitherto ob aieJ. Tbe following is the result: democratic. Alabama...... Arkansas Cal forula. C lorado.... onnectlcut. Delaware . tieoigla ....... Indiana.... Kentucky. Lout lana.. Maryland .....1" Mlssou:l......-. N-vada .. New Jentey N-w Y.k ... North Carolina aa15 IT 9 35 0 .v. 3 e HH b Oregon 1 1 Ter utjKee 12 15 n Vltgli la 11 Wet Virginia M 6 Mlssl-Klppl s Total. ..... 2t7 22 Neoessary tolect... Democtatio eice Ii n is within the bounds ot possibility tbat tbe Damocracy may lo e one or two of these states; it is also within tbe bounds of possibility that they may gain trcm the list ot Republican fetales. This is as follows: BE PUBLICAN. Florida 4 vew Hampshire. 2 'Os.o 6 22 29 4 7 6 10 Illinois-. I iwt... . . Kansas.M. . l'!PeunylvanlaM. o.Kbode aland, Maine Ma.acha)ens. I ticbigan M 1 n ü eot 7 Svuth Caroliaa .. Vermont Wisconsin Nebraska $ Totals. .162 This is a liberal allowance to tbe Republicans. The evidence of Democratic success In the presidential elect'on is irresistible. . Indianapolis f Front. It li grainy ing to note the tact that whilst loud complaints ot business depression are going up all around us. there is every indication of a general . revival ot trade In this city. Oar railroads are all taxed to their utmost capasity by treigh's, and any one familiar with our wholesale and reiail markets must be sensible of the decided change for tbe better, perhaps no better criterion could be found to Judge by id this matter than , tbe advertising columns of our dailv and weekly Jourrals, When tbey are full, business interests may aa'e'y be attaumed tj be advancing. Our ppr?, almost without exception, present a very healthy and encouraging ar-pear-aocs in this ri-apec3. ' The Sentinel, particularly, ü futU (Vftfljwingot geoerous patron a v. .So gret is tbe pre-ur open onr advertisltg space, tbat we have hardly aby room tor news, acd are com palled to

ask tte kind indulgence' of ', cur tub scrlbera; and we are gal to be aide to believe tbat our prosperity in this respect is generally shsrvd by onr neighbors. Another Lie Balled. : ' ' ' The following editorial cquib afpe&red in the the Journal of yeBterelay: "We have rood authority for ataUnc that In

private conversation yeswroay ' r the day before Uov. Hendricks admitted tbat the probabilities at present were alrongty In favor of the elec Ion of Oen. H rrltou aa Oovernor. He also .coneased tbat Jimmy Wnllama was a very sorry and pitiful can a Ida' e, totally unfit for the dutlea of Governor ot tbe state ot Indiana. In consequence ot the above, a Sentinel reporter called upon the Oovernor at the executive rooms yesterday when the following conversation occurred: , Rporter: What truth is there, governor, in th- statement made In th la morning's Journal In respect to your opinion of the po. Ideal prospect and of out c ndlaate for governor f Uov. Hendricks: -There Is not Word of it true. Nosocn conversation a la therein reported occurred or couid have occurred, for 1 entertain no uch viewa or opinions either lu regard to ihe ecU n ortoour candldae. Un the contrary, I ha v. tue utmost confluence in our crryli g the a'ate, and entertain tor Mr. Williams the highest reepeo. Tbis teeds little comment. It shows the desperate condition of tbe R -publican patty, for the JourLal would hardly have published such a laisobood outoi whole cloth save in the last report, to eLCOurg a forlorn hope. But it is all in vain. Carrying the state for Gen. Harr .son is not ''as easy as lyiog." CAN DID A IE CUM IKAS TED. WILLIAMS VS. HABBIaON. To the Editor of the Sentinel. Sib: lhe Indianapol! Journal of this date bas an editorial article entitled : " lhe two candidates lor Governor," in reference to which, with your permission I would like to sty a tew words. In comparing the two candidates it says Harrison tat nign legal a tainments aud tbe ability to "exirss bis ioa." If Mr. Harrison is a man ot euch great lotelJeotca caliber then he is all tte more cultaole h r btirg identified with tne party ot oonuption and iraud aud with that party whicn seek to perpetuare the war by constantly chafing t e wounds resulting from ir, and wbicb under a m re magnamm ms p ilicy a policy ot simple jUHiioefehould have bee'i long since healed. Ii tbat unity ol toougbt ano fueling which ought to exist be: ween tbe Noitb andSoutb.is lacking it, is dueentirety to tue suicidal policy ot tnav ;p-ry ol which VVra. Harriaou is an acknowledged leader in this s ate. A party too, let me rdd, which I tnax ouly cause of division in this land since itpar-ei-tntly reuse to accept union oa tbe bet, tne highest aud most honorable terms upon which it could be offered. Truly 'twere beter for Mr. Harri-on that be lacked the ab liiy to express hie ideas" tban that he should so glibly hurl them forth in favor ot continued catr6d ai d cot s quently division between tr.e itret s-ctloau of this country. The article goes on to charge that "Williams is a sympatnizer with treason aud tho aider and aceit jr ot disunion." I don't sett how this charge cau be maintained since Mr. Williams belongs to that intelligent and com iiion-s9nse class of meu whj iecogn'ztbat the war is at an end, and he and his party are decdeJly avetsa to making the "bloody cuam" a political issue in th:s cou try from now till the day ot judgment. It is th 89 ouly who appeal to the baser passions of men, and wno by tne promulgation of their unhallowed doctrines o. revenge, bate and sectional aoimoaity would reue again tbe con test which the war was wased to set le, and which it has Fettled. Ii. is they I repeat, and tbey only, who are gull y of "treaeon" to heir country. Tney alone are tbe "aiders" and "abettors" of disunioo. I am baopy to be able to say in detente ol Mr. Williams tbat be is not of the party woich preacnes thisiell doc rlne, but tbat, on the contrary, he is prom'.uenily ldei.tiUtd with the one whicn is arrayed against ir. It is c aimed that "Harrison is openhearted, fx a tik and generous." It so, men report has done him a grors injustice in making tbe lack ot those very qualities h'3 most conspicuous characterised and lormysultl will only say tbat the existonce of 6ucb qaalitiee ia hatdly compatible with the spirit of intolerance and sectional hate which identifies his party. The comparison goes on While Williams is penurious, exacting, mtseriy." It in bis ( ffljial capacity Mr. Williams possesses those qualities, they will but furnish another PROOF OF HIS FITNESS FOR THK OFFICE. The country needs men of that stamp Just at tbe present time.' Penurious, that the reign ot guilty extravattance my end; exacting, so that no guiity man may es cape-, but not uttered In that si am spirit which makes tbe mental reservatiou provided It iäxredietit, and m.eerly, so as to deny the pour moibers ot Cvingres the tr fl'DgBumoi 46,000 peraocuoi lor lemonade and ice tea This is not a coLtett beiween man and man, but rather between tbe principles they represent. We may perhaps be snown upon tbe one side a p-rsoo of superfl-'iat pollab, and ot "blue tnood," and ot cold and austere sspect, and o: fctand-ofl respectability, but dsmntng confession al led to tbe party ol corruption, of fraud, of intolerance and of sectional bate, whilst on the other side we have a man whose inward 1 utter of character is lar more pronounced thau his superficial poliso, a "dlamoud iu tbe rou-h" it you will, but who cherishes in his pure aud honest heart the many principles ot reiorm which the t m demand, aad by the pfactiaal application ot which puace and real union will be restored. To carry out such a policy we need more a man ot good deeds than of good words, of real honesty than ot technical smartness and ot firm purpose tban of pro less -d promisee. Mr.Williams' qualities pre-eminently fit him tor tbe position: he is tbe nai it tbs people, and tbey will have uune other, knowing tbat ha will perform tbe duties of his high office in toeir interests and not in tbe interests or any party or section. Liet me in conclusion quote a lew m re wcrd from the article referred to they are these: Suppose .' Williams "were elected, and as governor of Indiana should be called oa to receive a-e visitors at our capital distinguished statesmen, or learned men of world wide fam, im. fine the etlect ot ooe ol his spat cbl" Well, as tbe Journal's modesty d hjs not rest-raiu it tr m taxing its rMderr imagination to tbe falle s p aalble exteut.let me put a question to It, Oat first imagining tbat we ar bck on the stream of tlm to tue year 1868. "dupp se Qraht w re e octed and as pr BiJent ot the United S atesot Ammc should be called on to receive as visitors, at our national capital, distinguished statesme i cr learned ujoo o world-wid) laaae, iniaKiao tbs etftct (?) ot one of his spfechea I" Can you even 'imagine" li? Alls lor tne degeneracy ot the liuies In' whloh we live. The Journal ae;ma to forget tbat tbe thoroog )-, ly democratio Vpirlt. ol out, form of guvernoueot, wnich looks .more to solid worth than t euipi-y-p llsQ, la or once wa-,' tne, prudet boa-et ol our p pf. SicvakF. Iwdiasapolis, Sept. 14, 1878,

SCHUBZ ON THE SOUTH,

SontImerita, of the Senator Before Hia ConTec3ion to6rantiani, THEN AND HOW. , '. - . . HIS OPINION OF BLOODY SBIftT LEGISLATION IN 1870 AND 1872 AN APPEAL TO HONET REPUBLICANS WHICH IT WILL DO TO H.D NOW. To the Editor of tbe Sentinel; Sir: The privilege is asked of calling attention to some of tee utterances of Mr. Schurz, as indulged in at different times since he was on the " Southern Iaue as reported in the Journal of yeaTr?,??0,!?1 at Vresent review the imKSfn?2iOBS "DKu'hern affairs mlnlfrl,.li'flaeDC, upon Domocratleadfr.n 1.0U', uor oi tbenever-dyln h?ertetlemeDt- wblcö strength of ZJTSZSV tOI-v. Hecker but week t , ,?? Ving given such coriect, liberal and SC rT"MJ41S "hereof, but wou.d devot bim:" to U15 more pracueal questions of JanrlD andln I41" word and simple language, aipeai to common reason and the patriouc letllng of hi tier man :nends . Now, thliCol. Heckt r apofceo! the late Congieas as the "Confederate Cot grees," and declared that it tbe South gained control over the government, ""auins to an amount rot Inferior to our national indebtednesV' would be allowed to those engaged in tbe rebellion ; that tne "Southern Democrats wcnild; find some way to eet around the 'four:eeo.tb and fifteenth amendments." Thta acCoant Mr. Srhurz declares to be "correef 'nd "bones ," and ai prtipriates.ard rau&ts as his present opinion. Let na tne wbut this gentleman has ald snrl done on this sctjct in tbe p-i5 In 1866 he Introduced in tre Republican National Convention nsolu-ion in lavorof tne removal of poii ical disabilities; in December, 18"0, in a famous speech in tbe Senate of tu Uaised S-rtfs in behalf ol the removal of theee disabilities, he said In forming these conclusion I was not governed oy a inre enilnen'al and b ty generosity, although I am wl 1 n to admit that it is against m nature tod. rrive others without the most Irre-lsiible ieoelty of rights which I myalf enjoy ; bat I followed the plainest rule of siate . anehp, wb ch, under existing clrcumtaacee), culd have no higher a m than to bring he late rebels once more under the inflaei.ee of tue sentiment that this la tbejlr country Just as well as oum; that their lnteret-ts are wrapped up in it welfare Jost as well a our Interests are . tbat their rights as citizens ei Joy the am e protection as oars under its Institutions, and ihattne fortunes and the honor of this our common repnblic should be as dear to them as they are to us. In the tsame jecb he paid; "And yet tbe opposition to this measure developtd itself in a most formidable shape. We r- und a remarkab e cottb ua lou of forces la array agalnat it. There were those boaa whole political horiz m was bounded by the struggles of the rebellion: who.se wbo e political stoctt la Lade co n-lsted in tbe battle-c-ies of the ciil war, who woutu forever have rolled tbe wordrbsi" aa eiwet mor&el under their tongues, and delight d la di-eoun-ing grlmlv over the benuiies of eternal damnation. Hut tbe bulkor tbe opposl lon was moved by more practlcit views. I oupf cwe there is a class of politicians eveiywhere wooe great aim and end in political life it is to monopolize the local offices." Later in 1872, in a letter to a Missouri L'.bt.räl, h) dec ared tbat be regarded "tho ret messures ot peace and reconciliation" a; tbe main 6utj c: ot c Jairotersy, taking the anil-war sice; and io tr.essme communication be us-d tbe f allowing language: 'Although it may be said w;ta cr H'nty that public opinion in all parts ot tbe country is turoing in its favor, yet tbe obstacles wr.ich sb Jorg have stood in its way, wnether tbey consist in adverse opinions conscientiously formed, or stubborn reeentmeuts clouding the better judgments of men, or a Darrow minded pariieau eptrir, rearjy tosacrihre tbe public good to selfisn ends, are by no means overcome." In bis ptech de!iverd in St. Louis to bis conKtitueots in Ju.y, 1S72, we find the lollowiog excoriating review of tbe pliey and the principles of tbe Republican party, a shown in its treatment ot the South: Iok over the legislation of congress touching the late Insurrectionary s ale. Study It attentively, the bayonet law, tbe au-klux law, as they now pre sent themte vea in retrospective view. The la s I epoteof were ostensibly intended to protect the rights of citizens to represa t.uch dia- rder. but wha- was the character of those laws, what tbelr üect, and what tbe secret aim of some ot th master spirits who dedgned thfm? Not only did tbey, in potectIng the right ol some, break down tbe bol wurka of the citi-z-u against arbitrary authority, and by transgressing all const l utienal dm tations of power, 'endanger tbetiaolsof all; noton!y old tbey awaken in t he breast. of many, bowevtr well dls-osd, the grave apprehension that a government or a runng party assuming so much wouid stop at bo hing; but tuen, measures served alreo.ly 10 utaiu lu power the very adventurers who by their revolting 8j8 em of plunder, were violently keeping alive ibe spirit f disorder whicn tbat legledat on waa to represa. tfvme ot tbe very worst ofthat thieving trateruiiy have been constantly hanging arouud Congress, bawling and pressiug lor tbe ex remwt measures, with no other view but tbat evtry each set would be likely ti give them a new lease of power and extended lrtdoin tostal. But I am ceitalu thai they value auch lawa, eHpeclally aa a political machinery lo control ballot boxes ano aa aecaiing au extension of their pandering license. It 1 tbui tbat the ruling party makea 1 setf felt In thoe staUs; It la In this light that the majesty of tbe national government appeara to those people; not .as a triena to lift them up from their prostration, to guide them out of tbelr errors wltn a generous band, and to make them loo up 10 tne ua lonai fl as a symbol 01 Justice and fairness equal toad; not that -but as tne ally and abeitoi of the robbers wno sucx tbelr blod.aa tt e malustay of & system which diaina their reoarcee, olats their hone, esnascula es tber energies, mocks their enterprise, and condemns them to ntter poverty, dlsirett and ruin. You, bonest Hepab leans, wb se ears b ve bw' aaldaously filled only with bonlbie Ku kiux stories, aud whose mind Is nuvrsed In the myateiiea of party management, you may look: with aurprtae -at this dara: picture. You understand' that the afleetlon of those people cannot ba auccosfully in-lud-oy tbe cry,"Y"U mu t iove us lilt takes your last penny." Yuu ask how It la poewioie that so wicked a game should be carried on by tbe leadera of a party wont to boast of Its great principles. It wuld ba Impossible, bsd not tbe parly lallen nnue the uOi ol a seiflanness so unscrupulous as to put party success aeove tbe best principles lit vr prolessed. But to mo, this seems certain ; aa long as party as-'enueucy is uuhwim uj b'jvu , long as party aelhhnea stands la the way of honest g vemmeut; aa long as the national power appears a th ally aud abettor of corruption and robory in tne sou h, that heaity reconciliation, tbat universal restoration, 01 cordial feeling wtiloU this country stands much in 'need of, aud. whicn every patriotic' 'ititn mmt desire with the whole ardor 01 his soul, cannot ana vul not oum. Am lunti aa a system prevails which aaenüoes ibe we.tare or a part of the people oa tne altar of patty advntage. we halt be met with distrust and alarm, for it ia not lrom sach soaru tuat alTcciion springs. I Charge tbe aduiluls ration aud those wno cont ol the Bepuoi cau p rty, that by their parilüaa s iu.ha-vihoy snowa themSolves ul trly uufli to encourage and develop toegood Impulses .luui ring iu the southern peopte, and in us to Sure the gnat prooiem of UAii.inal reconciliation. I aa ett that thus tbey oavo cus-ppoln ibe bopea and forfeited, ihecoiirjlenoe 01 ibe Aun.lCiu people, and tbat the power tbey wle-i has txcjme barren of gxxl aud traltiui of daudr 1 j tnir hands Ia the aaou si.eeou, m reply to the question in to ho w toe negro would be treated.